LANDRETHS’ NASTURTIUMS 
Culture 1 or 2. Normal germination, 8-10 
days. ‘‘Black Bugs’’ may be kept off Nastur- 
tiums by placing an ordinary camphor ball 
every 6 inches along the row. This should be 
done when plants are about 2 inches tall. 
Special Double Novelties 
Double Sweet-Scented Nasturtiums 
Originator’s Stock Only 
Golden Gleam Double—‘“All-America”’ Gold 
Medal in 1933. A bouquet of these golden-yellow 
flowers distinctly double in form, will fill a room 
with delightful fragrance, in addition to being a 
treat to the eye. Late planting is best, and this 
prety needs considerable moisture to bloom really 
-well. 
Scarlet Gleam Double—Gold Medal Winner for 
1935. Flowers of an intense fiery-orange-scarlet, 
and of very large size, held well above the foliage 
and of more pronounced fragrance than its parent, 
Golden Gleam Double. This variety needs a good 
deal of moisture for best blooming. 
Glorious Gleam Double Hybrids—Silver Medal 
for 1935. These Nasturtiums are the result of a 
“cross” between the famous Golden Gleam Double, 
and the old-fashioned singles. Glorious flowers of 
salmon, golden-yellow, orange-scarlet, cerise, cream- 
yellow, orange, crimson, and gold flushed with 
scarlet combine with the fresh green foliage. Stems 
are long, and bear the flowers well above the leaves. 
Sweet scented, too. Like cool nights and consider- 
able water. 
Dwarf Single 
Nasturtiums 
The Dwarf Sorts are 
adapted for beds and 
borders. 8 to 15 inches. 
Landreth’s Dwarf ! 
Single Mixed—A mix- 
ture of the best dwarf 
varieties, producing an 
agreeable effect. 
These flowers require 
next to no care and 
thrive best in a mod- 
erately poor soil, endur- 
ing heat and dry weather { 
remarkably well. The : 
flowers are of all colors, 
from deep chocolate to 
nearly white. They are 
very effective when 
planted in borders and 
bloom from early sum- 
mer until killed by frost. 
Sow where wanted to 
bloom, and thin out to 4 
inches apart. One ounce 
sows 30 feet of single 
row. Native from 
Mexico to Chile. 
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Nasturtium—Double Gleam Hybrids 
Tall Single Nasturtiums 
Climbing 4 to 5 feet high 
Landreths’ Tall Single Mixed—A combination 
of the best tall varieties. 
LANDRETHS’ FAMOUS 
SWEET PEAS 
Normal germination, 15-20 days 
Sow in permanent location, in single row, 
two seeds to the inch, quarter-ounce of seeds 
for two yards of row; cover one inch deep. 
There are approximately 340 seeds to the ounce. 
The first Sweet Pea was of the Grandiflora type, 
and was discovered in Sicily in the year 1695, 
whence it soon reached England. After years of 
hybridizing by Henry Eckford, many improvements 
were noticed. The Grandiflora type has almost 
passed out of the picture today, having been re- 
placed by the Spencer variety, discovered in 1901 
by Silas Cole, gardener to the Earl Spencer of 
Althorp Park, Northampton, England. This in 
turn has been improved on and we now have an 
Early Flowering Spencer which blooms 3-4 weeks 
earlier than the Late Flowering Type and continues 
in bloom much longer. 
Culture: Sweet Peas are quite hardy, and may 
be planted very early in the Spring, or late in the 
Fall. They thrive best in heavily fertilized ground, 
and need considerable water on warm days. Best 
results are obtained by sowing in the Fall, where 
Winters are not too severe, as with the resulting 
deep roots, the season of blooming is greatly length- 
ened.. Sweet Peas do best when trained on trellises 
made of string. They should be thinned to 
about 8 inches apart in 
rows, while the rows 
should be 33 feet apart. 
If planting in Spring, and 
space permits, it is ad- 
visable to make several 
sowings, about one week 
apart so as to pro- 
vide for longer flow- 
ering season. Sweet 
Peas develop best 
only with a rainy 
season or with ex- 
tensive watering. 
Keep seed _ pods 
clipped. 









Early Flower- 
ing Spencers 
For outdoor or green- 
house culture. This class 
should have more atten- 
tion from home growers 
who may have been dis- 
appointed with the late 
flowering type. Bloom- 
ing 3 to 4 weeks earlier, 
they are in full bloom 
before the Summer dry- 
spell arrives, and where 
nights are cool they con- 
tinue to bear for months. 
Early Spencer Blooms- 
dale Mixture 

Late Spencers 
Late Spencers Mixed 
D. LANDRETH 
